Matthew 3:14
But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”
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4 additional translationsKJV
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
ASV
But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
YLT
but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized--and thou dost come unto me!'
DBT
but John urgently forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptised of thee; and comest thou to me?
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